Satoshi Nakamura
Also known as 中村 哲, Nakamura Satoshi
Satoshi Nakamura is a Presidential Chair Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, where his research interests include spoken language translation. He earned degrees from Kyoto institutions in 1981 and 1992, and in 2000 he became department head at ATR's Spoken Language Communication Research Laboratories. In August 2013 his lab at NAIST reported new technology for simultaneous speech translation. The European Language Resources Association awarded him the Antonio Zampolli Prize in 2012, and ISCA named him an ISCA Fellow in 2020. IEEE granted him Life Fellow membership in October 2023, and he became a professor emeritus at NAIST in April 2024.
Timeline
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1981–1992
Degrees in electronics and informatics
He earns a B.S. in electronics engineering from Kyoto Institute of Technology in 1981 and a Ph.D. in informatics from Kyoto University in 1992.
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2000–2010
Department head at ATR
He becomes department head of ATR's Spoken Language Communication Research Laboratories in 2000. In 2009 he becomes director-general of Keihanna Research Laboratories at NICT.
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2011–2021
Founding NAIST's Data Science Center
He joins NAIST as a full professor in 2011. He establishes the Data Science Center there and directs it from 2017 to 2021.
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2012
The Antonio Zampolli Prize
In 2012 the European Language Resources Association awards him the Antonio Zampolli Prize, shared with Shuichi Itahashi and Chiu-yu Tseng for Oriental COCOSDA.
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2013
Simultaneous speech translation
In August 2013 his lab at NAIST reports new technology for simultaneous speech translation.
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2020–2021
Named an ISCA Fellow
ISCA elects him an ISCA Fellow in 2020 for research on multi-lingual and cross-lingual spoken language communication systems. He chairs ISCA's Spoken Language Translation special interest group for 2020–2021.
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October 2023–March 2024
Life Fellow and professor emeritus
IEEE grants him Life Fellow membership in October 2023. He retires from his full professorship at NAIST in March 2024, and he becomes a professor emeritus in April 2024.
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Since 2025
Presidential Chair Professor in Shenzhen
In January 2025 he becomes a Presidential Chair Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and his research interests include spoken language translation.
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- Member Highlights: Satoshi Nakamura | IEEE Signal Processing Society
- NAKAMURA, Satoshi | 人工智能学院
- 詳全文_Dr. Chiu-yu Tseng Awarded Antonio Zampolli Prize
- Method for Simultaneous Speech Translation achieves 20% Speed Increase-Applications in Automatic Interpretation of Lectures and Meetings-｜NARA Institute of Science and Technology
- ISCA - ISCA Fellow Program
- ISCA - Spoken Language Translation - SIG-SLT
- Awards | NAIST Division of Information Science
- Spoken Language Communication Laboratory
- Satoshi Nakamura - Wikipedia